Whitey Bulger called Alcatraz Island his home from 1959 to 1963, as a result of armed robbery. Years later, in 1995, Bulger went on the run after learning from a crooked FBI agent that there was likely an indictment for murder and racketeering coming for him. After sixteen years on the lam, he was finally arrested in 2011. He was found guilty on over thirty counts, with his crimes including eleven murders and racketeering.
Criminals going into hiding—and eventually being found— is nothing out of the ordinary. The odd twist in the story comes with one of Bulger’s sightseeing adventures. While he was a fugitive, Bulger posed as an ordinary tourist and toured Alcatraz. He even put on a prisoner costume to pose with his girlfriend at the time—a fellow mobster—for a picture on the tour. In the picture, which is believed to have been taken just a few weeks after he fled, he can be seen grinning from ear-to-ear. Talk about hiding in plain sight.